Mower County News

As Rep. Jeanne Poppe and Sen. Dan Sparks, both DFL-Austin, are preparing to run for another term, they're hearing crickets from the other side.

Shot clinic What : Walk-in public immunization clinic. When: 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Friday.

Burglars apparently struck an unoccupied house in Grand Meadow Township sometime during the last week, making off with appliances and copper piping.

And a plan pushed by Senator Al Franken has passed one more committee hurdle in the US Senate.

It's a place you'd consider to be pretty safe but recent events are proving that's not always the case.

An 18-year-old is in the Mower County Jail after he and two others allegedly assaulted a 14-year-old boy Sunday night.

Memorial Day operates like clockwork in Austin. Flag protocol requires that it starts early: "On Memorial Day, the flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon, then raised to the top of the staff until sunset." That's why the color guards of the Austin American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War were outside their buildings at 6:50 ... (more)

Folks from across North Iowa and Southern Minnesota are remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Taking that old computer to the Free Community Electronics Collection at the Mower County Fairgrounds on June 9 will help solve two problems, one for you and one for the planet.

Galdino Guzman-Sanchez, 29, was convicted Thursday in Mower County Court of felony false ID forgery and turned over to ICE officials.

That's the aim of a recently passed Minnesota bill, that will make many child abuse cases punishable by a felony in the state, before it was just a misdemeanor.

City and rural letter carriers in Austin and Mower County thank all who generously gave to our recent food drive.

Ever wonder what Minnesota was like before it became a state in 1958? Fur trade clerk George Nelson could tell you, or at least his costumed interpreter could, Tim Chesterman from the Minnesota History Center.

Lori Anderson is working on the premise that business begets business. When Austin's newest business, Ellumilite, opens its doors June 4, it'll also be providing a boost to an existing company.

Heavy winds throughout much of the state Wednesday diverted 13 planes to the Rochester airport and even caused damage to a car dealership in New Ulm.

Two Mower County organizations were among 23 arts groups in the region that received a total of $110,035 through money received from the Legacy Fund approved in November 2008.

A high-speed chase that allegedly caused a Mower County sheriff's deputy to crash into the back of the suspect's car resulted in five criminal charges for a Grand Meadow man.

The National Weather Service of La Crosse, Wis., has issued a tornado watch for Mower County through 10 p.m. Other counties in the watch are Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona.

The Mower County Board members whose seats are up for grabs in November will run again.

An Austin man is in the Mower County Jail after he allegedly sexually assaulted his girlfriend's mother.